Famous People with Name Caston

Douglas Marmaduke Caston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Marmaduke Caston: was a newspaper publisher and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1967 until 1968.Caston ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election on November 6, 1967. He defeated Liberal candidate Allen Sulatycky to win the Jasper—Edson riding. Parliament would be dissolved a year later and Caston ran for re-election in the new Rocky Mountain electoral district as Jasper—Edson was abolished. Caston would run against Sutlatycky for the second time. An unusual event happened in that election as the Progressive Conservatives had 2 endorsed candidates running under their party banner for that district.

Antoine Castonguay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Antoine Castonguay: was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Claude Castonguay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude Castonguay: is a Canadian politician, educator and businessman. He taught at Université Laval from 1951 until 1957. He was elected in the 1970 Quebec election to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Louis-Hebert. He served as Minister of Health, Family and Social Welfare. He did not run in 1973. In 1978, he was the President-elect of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. From 1982 until 1989, he was the chief executive officer of the Laurentian Group Corporation and president of the Laurentian Bank of Canada. From 1989 to 1990, he was the chairman of the Conference Board of Canada. He was the Chancellor of the Université de Montréal from 1986 until 1990. He was appointed to the Senate, as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. He represented the senatorial division of Stadacona, Quebec, on September 23, 1990. He resigned on December 9, 1992.

Jeannot Castonguay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeannot Castonguay: was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2004. He won the Madawaska—Restigouche electoral district in New Brunswick to become a member of the 37th Canadian Parliament. He is a career physician. Castonguay left political life in 2004 as he did not seek re-election. Jean-Claude D'Amours won the Madawaska-Restigouche riding for the Liberal party that year.

Elisabeth Castonier            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Elisabeth Castonier: was a German writer. Her grandfather was Jewish. In 1912 she moved to Berlin, and in 1923 married the Danish singer Paul Castonier, from whom she later divorced. She wrote satires in the weekly paper Die Ente, but during the Nazi period she went in exile